Do you use linked historical US census data? In this paper with "Sam" Il Myoung Hwang and munirsquires, we use boundary discontinuities to show how (handwriting) legibility of original census schedules affects the quality of linked samples. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence from U.S. Bans on Cousin Marriage,” by Ghosh (Arkadev Ghosh), Hwang ("Sam" Il Myoung Hwang), and Squires (munirsquires): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

For reasons I can't recall, I was recently talking w ppl about whether cousin marriage should be legal. New study on the topic! "Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence From US Bans on Cousin Marriage" by Ghosh, Hwang, & Squires. Forthcoming in QJE. doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

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Hello Peoples! ***Call for Papers for a Workshop on the “use of Genealogical Sources in Economic History” 3rd and 4th of June 2024 at LSE***

Congratulations to Felipe Valencia C. on the release of his new book "Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean" A valuable contribution to our understanding of the region's history. 📘🌎

Linked samples and measurement error in historical US census data sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The evidence: in the QJE, Gosh, Squires and their colleagues at UBC: academic.oup.com/qje/article-ab…. State legal bans on cousin increased longer-term income. So, such evidence should give The Economist or politicians pause. Nathan Nunn

Thanks for the cite! Also, that Economist article understates the health costs: first-cousin marriage reduces your children's life expectancy by 3+ years dropbox.com/scl/fi/5uqo318… "Sam" Il Myoung Hwang Deaglan Jakob

The Economist recently highlighted research suggesting health risks from first-cousin marriages are minimal, but my latest study, with "Sam" Il Myoung Hwang Deaglan Jakob, tells a different story. It is (surprise!) quite bad for the lifespan of offspring papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

I wrote a blog post about "Sam" Il Myoung Hwang, Deaglan Jakob and munirsquires’s recent paper on life expectancy of children of cousins, and what it could mean for all of our longevity. There’s a bit more detail here than in my thread a few weeks ago! andrewsteele.co.uk/blog/2024/04/c…

States that banned cousin marriage earlier got richer, but also end up with more institutionalization of the elderly. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-ar…

Our new field experiment (w/ Anujit Chakraborty, Matt Lowe, Gareth Nellis) shows how brief interactions with multiple outgroup members (broad contact) and longer interactions with a single one (deep contact) shape intergroup relations. Paper: researchgate.net/publication/38…

I am excited to share my profile as a job market candidate. My research studies how major infrastructure projects reshape the lives of the displaced and those residing in affected communities. Spoiler: Displacement reduces life expectancy by 3 months!

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Health Effects of Cousin Marriage: Evidence from US Genealogical Records" by Sam Il Myoung Hwang, Deaglan Jakob, and Munir Squires. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…